the downpipe finaly turned up on wednesday and is now on the car, only been off the road for 2 1/2 months. has made such a differance to the car. first off then noise, it is alot louder than before, even with the hks hi-power silent its quite loud. has a nice deep note at tick over, realy nice burble on the over run and a kinda turbo rasp when you rev it. power is up, enough to get the back end spinning thru first and second on a dry road. spinning in first in the damp at around 1/3 throttle. has the torque to slide the back end with the traction control on. also feels like its knocked around 1/2 second off the 0-60 time. have to be a bit more carful on the throttle in the wet as ive found out the hard way, back end has been trying to get away from me when accelerating a bit early. just need to change the way i drive it a bit.
top speed (completly hyerthetical of course)
on a stretch of dual carrage way after work managed 145 where it would normally hit around 130, gets to 130 now quicker and with alot less hastle, and touching on 110 by the top of an uphill on ramp where it used to hit 90. all hyperthetical you understand.
the down sides, petrol usage, driving usualy the mpg differance is not really noticable, put your foot down and it trys downing the tank in one, went thru around £7 in 3 1/2 miles of dual carrige way. other problem, which is kinda funny in the short term, when at temp on idle the whole car shakes due to the lack of back pressure, like its got a big block peice of american muscle under the hood. hopeing the piggy back ecu will sort that when i get it, just increase the idle a bit.